MORGANTON Christopher Chris Lee Shell, 43, of Morganton, passed away Friday, April 14, 2017. He was born in Burke County, Nov. 16, 1973, and was the son of Richard Allen Shell and Vickie Roper Shell. Chris was an avid NASCAR fan, Duke Cameron Crazy and a Yankee fan.
Synonyms for tonguetÊÅ. tongue, lingua, glossa, clapper(noun) a mobile mass of muscular tissue covered with mucous membrane and located in the oral cavity. Synonyms: lingua, glossa, spit, tongue, knife, clapper, natural language, applauder.
Full Definition of TONGUE. 1. a: a fleshy movable muscular process of the floor of the mouths of most vertebrates that bears sensory end organs and small glands and functions especially in taking and swallowing food and in humans as a speech organ b: a part of various invertebrate animals that is analogous to the tongue.